plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
billboard; advertising sign
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
persevering; very patient
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
powerless; helpless; incompetent
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to kick (at someone, something)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to push aside; to push one's way through
to fall on one's backside
to push aside; to brush aside
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game